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Washington, District of Columbia - 1 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Dc Scholars Pcs #24 of 51 districts in District of Columbia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,240 per pupil, Dc Scholars Pcs ranks #52 of 58 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending (District of Columbia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Dc Scholars Pcs operates 1 public schools serving 532 students, placing it among the smallest districts in District of Columbia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in District of Columbia.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,240 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 6 of 58 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending. See how District of Columbia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 82.6% local, and 17.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #24 of 51 in District of Columbia against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 478:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 74.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.2% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dc Scholars Pcs, enrolling 478 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Dc Scholars Pcs accounts for 89.8% of all Dc Scholars Pcs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dc Scholars Pcs a distant remainder — means Dc Scholars Pcs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Dc Scholars Pcs student-counselor ratio is 478:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dc Scholars Pcs chronic absenteeism rate is 74.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Dc Scholars Pcs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 532 students.
How much does Dc Scholars Pcs spend per student?
Dc Scholars Pcs spends $23,240 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #24 in District of Columbia.
What is the demographic composition of Dc Scholars Pcs?
Dc Scholars Pcs students are 95.2% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Dc Scholars Pcs?
Dc Scholars Pcs has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #24 out of 51 districts in District of Columbia.